Safety foldable device for hanging out wet wash



Aug. 25. 1942.

EVANGELISTA 2,294,283

SAFETY FOLDABLE DEVICE FOR HANGING OUT WET WASH Filed Jan. 7, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1" II I I I nrr'omwsv 1942- D. EVANGELISTA 2294,288

SAFETY FQLDABLE DEVICE FOR HANGING OUT WET WASH Filed- Jan. 7, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. .Damzrzcfi: .Zuazyelelsa Patented Aug. 25, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAFETY FOLDABLE DEVICE FOR HANGING OUT WET WASH Dominick Evangelista, Bronx, N. Y.

Application January 7, 1942, Serial No. 425,869

Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a safety foldable device for hanging out wet wash.

More specifically, the invention proposes the construction of a safety foldable device for hanging wet wash which is adapted to be used in combination with a window frame slidably supporting a pair of adjacent sashes with the foldable device being mounted upon the frame and arranged in a manner to assume an inoperative position to permit the windows to be closed.

Still further it is proposed to so arrange the safety foldable device that it is capable of being extended into the room in the open position of the window to permit wet wash to be engaged upon the wash line without projecting ones body through the open window, and which is arranged to prevent articles of clothing being engaged on the line from dropping out the window to the surface below.

A further object of the invention proposes to characterize the safety foldable device by a pivotally supported casing constructed of channel shaped material and rotatively housing a pair of pulleys over which a clothes line is adapted to be engaged in a manner to permit the clothes line to be advanced-in the horizontal position of the casing.

A still further object of the invention proposes a forked portion on the end of one of the links supporting the casing arranged in a manner to engage and take up the slack in the wash line when the casing is pivoted to a vertical inoperative position.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through a portion of a window frame having a safety foldable device constructed according to this invention and pivoted to an operative position.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but with the safety foldable device pivoted to an inoperative position.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view looking in the direction of the line 5--5 of Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one end of the supporting bracket, per se.

The safety foldable device for hanging out wet wash, according to this invention, is adapted to be mounted upon a portion of a building I0 having a window frame I I slidably supporting a pair of adjacent window sashes l2 and I3.

The safety foldable device is characterized by a bracket I4 for supporting a pair of vertically spaced stationary members I6 and I! upon the outside of the frame I l. The bracket I4 is preferably characterized by a pair of vertically spaced angle members I8 attached to the window frame I! by means of screws I9. A vertical rod 20 has its ends bent at right angles to the length thereof and the ends are securely attached to the angle members I8. The stationary members I6 and I! are provided with openings through which the rod 20 extends. Set screws 2i are engaged through the stationary members I6 and I1 and engage the rod 20 for holding the stationary members I6 and I! securely in position upon the rod 20.

An elongated casing 22 having open ends has its top or outer end pivotally attached to the top stationary member I6. The elongated casing 22 is preferably constructed of channel shaped material and has its top or outer end pivotally attached to the top member I6 by means of a pin 23. A handle 24 is mounted on the top wall of the casing 22 and is adapted to be gripped'for pivoting the casing about the pin 23.

A pair of rigid links 25 and 26 are pivotally connected end to end by means of a pin 21. The bottom or outer end of the link 26 is pivotally attached to the bottom stationary member I! by means of a pin 28. The link 25 is constructed of adjacent link sections 25 which extend along opposite sides of the bottom or inner end of the casing 22. The bottom or inner ends of the link sections 25 are attached to the bottom or inner end of the casing 22 by means of a pin 29.

The top or inner end of. the link 26 is maintained at a position centrally of the top or outer ends of the link sections 25* by means of spacer elements 30 engaged on the pin 21 on opposite sides of the link 26 and engaging the inner faces of the link sections 25.

Pulleys 3| are engaged upon the pins 23 and 29 which pass through the ends of the casing 22 and are maintained in a central position by means of spacer elements 32. A wash line 33 is engaged over the pulleys 3| and is projected through the top portion of the casing 22. When the device is in the position illustrated in Fig. l

a portion of the wash line 33 projects from the bottom of the casing 22 and is arranged in a convenient manner to receive articles of clothing being placed thereon.

The top or inner end of the bottom or outer link 26 is provided with an enlarged forked portion 34 which engages against the link sections 25 as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, in the horizontal position of the casing 22. It is noted that in the position shown in Fig. 1 the links 25 and 26 have been pivoted to a position in which the pin 21 is slightly past dead center so as to maintain the casing 22 in its horizontal position. In this position of the links the forked portion 34 engages the link sections 25* and prevents further inward pivoting of the pin 21. In the "position of the device shown in Fig. 2 the forked portion 34 engages an intermediate portion of the bottom area of the wash line 23 and causes the wash line to be bent to take up the slack in the wash line when the casing 22 is pivoted to its vertical position so as to maintain the extended portion of the wash line substantially taut. It is to be understood that the other end "of the wash line "33 is engaged over a pulley, not shown on the "drawing, which'is'supp'orted on anadjacent portion of the building Ill or upon 'a conventional clothes "-pole.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The bottom window sash I3 is raised and the handle 24 'is'grippe'd t'o pivotthe casing 22 into a positioni-n which its bottom or inner end will be projected into the room to permit articles of clothing to be engaged upon the wash line 33 without extending the body through the open Window. "After the'desired clothing has been engaged on the wash line-33 it is possible to grip the handle 24 and raise upward on the links 25 and '26, freeing the casing 22 to be pivoted downwards, permitting the window 13 to be closed.

ing within the scope of "the invention as defined 'in the appended claims.

Having thus described-my invention, what I claim 'as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

l/Asafety'foldable device for'holding a wash line, comprising 'a pair of vertically spaced stati'onarvm'embers for location outside and adjacentawindow frame, an elongated casing having open ends and 'being pivotally mounted at its top or outer end on the top one of said members t'o be'foldableupwards and downwards, a

pair of rigid links pivotally connected end to end "and having their outer ends pivotally connected respectively to the bottom or inner end of said casingand to the bottom one of said members to be I fdldable upwards and downwards,- pulleys rotatively 'mountedon the pivotal points "at the ends of-said casing for guiding a wash line, and

"a forked portion on the-top or inner end of the bottom or outer'one of said pair of links and engaging the top or inner one of said pair-of links when said casing is extended horizontally inwards for holding said links in a stationary locked position and engageable with said wash line when said links are pivoted upwards and said casing is pivoted downwards for locking said device in this latter position by the pivoting tendencies of said casing and links under the weight of said wash line and clothes thereon.

2. A safety foldable device for holding a wash line, comprising a pair of vertically spaced stationary members for location outside and adjacent a window frame, an elongated casing having open ends and being pivotally mounted at its top or outer end on the top one of said members to be foldable upwards and downwards, a pair of rigid links pivotally connected end to end and having their outer ends pivotally connected respectively to the bottom or inner end of said casing and to the bottom one of said members to be foldable upwards and downwards, pulley-s rotatively mounted on the pivotal points at the ends of said casing for guiding a wash line, and a forked portion on the top or inner endof the bottom or outer one of said pair of links and engaging the top or inner one of said pair of links when said casing is extended horizont'ally'inwards 'for'holding said links in a stationary locked position and engageable with said was'h lirie when said links are pivoted upwards and saidcasing is pivoted downwards for locking said device in this latter position by the pivoting tendencies {of said casing and links under the weight of said wash line and clothes thereon, 'said vertically spaced stationary members being mounted upon 'a bracket attached to saidframe.

3. A safety foldable'device forholding a wash line,'c'omprisin'g a pair of vertically spaced stationary members for location outside and adjacent a window frame, an elongated casing having open ends and being pivotally mounted at its top orou'ter end on the top one' of said members to be'foldable up'wards'and downwards, a pair of rigid links pivotally connected end to end and having their outer ends pivotally connected respectively to the bottom or inner end of said casing and to the bottom oneof said members to be foldable upwards and downwards, pulleys rotatively mounted on the pivotalpoints at the ends of said casing for guiding a wash line, and

a forked portion on the top or inner end of the bottom or outer one of "said pair of links and engaging the top or innerone of said pair of links when said casing is extended horizontally inwards for holding said links in a stationaryilo'cked position and engageable with said wash line when said links are pivoted upwards and said casing'ispivoted downwards for lockingsaid device in this latter position by the .pivoting tendencies of said casing and links'under the weight of said wash line and'clothes thereon, said vertically spaced stationary members being mounted upon a bracket attached to said frame, said bracket comprising "L-sh'aped members attached to said frame, a rod supported upon said 'L- shaped membersgan'd said stationary members being provide'dwith openingsthrough which said rod extends, an'dmeans for securely attaching said members to said rod.

4. A safety foldable device for holding awash line, comprising a pair of vertically-spaced stationary membersfor locationoutside and adjacent a window frame,'a'n elongated casing having open ends and being pivotally mounted "at its top or outer end on the top one of said members to be foldable upwards and downwards, a pair of rigid links pivotally connected end to end and having their outer ends pivotally connected respectively to the bottom or inner end of said casing and to the bottom one of said members to be foldable upwards and downwards, pulleys rotatively mounted on the pivotal points at the ends of said casing for guiding a wash line, and a forked portion on the top or inner end of the bottom or outer one of said pair of links and engaging the top or inner one of said pair of links when said casing is extended horizontally inwards for holding said links in a stationary locked position and engageable with said wash line when said links are pivoted upwards and said casing is pivoted downwards for locking said device in this latter position by the pivoting tendencies of said casing and links under the weight of said wash line and clothes thereon, said vertically spaced stationary members being mounted upon a bracket attached to said frame, said bracket comprising L-shaped members attached to said frame, a rod supported upon said L-shaped members, and said stationary members being provided with openings through which-said rod extends, and means for securely attaching said members to said rod, said latter means comprising set screws extendin through said stationary members and engaging said rods.

5. A safety foldable device for holding a wash line, comprising a pair of vertically spaced stationary members for location outside and adjacent a window frame, an elongated casing having open ends and being pivotally mounted at its top or outer end on the top one of said members to be foldable upwards and downwards, a pair of rigid links pivotally connected end to end and having their outer ends pivotally connected respectively to the bottom or inner end of said casing and to the bottom one of said members to be foldable upwards and downwards, pulleys rotatively mounted on the pivotal points at the ends of said casing for guiding a wash line, and a forked portion on the top or inner end of the bottom or outer one of said pair of links and engaging the top or inner one of said pair of links when said casing is extended horizontally inwards for holding said links in a stationary locked position and engageable with said wash line when said links are pivoted upwards and said casing is pivoted downwards for locking said device in this latter position by the pivoting tendencies of said casing and links under the Weight of said Wash line and clothes thereon, said casing being constructed of a channel shaped member and having a handle mounted on its top wall by which it may be pivoted.

DOMINICK EVANGELISTA. 

